Washing-machine



(No Model.)

J. PBRSANOWSKY.

WASHING- MACHINE.

Patented July 8, 1890.

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JULIUS PERSANOWSKY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. i

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent'NO. 431,821, dated July 8, 1890.

Application filed April 4, 1889. Serial No. 306,034. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, J ULIUs PERsANowsKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VashingfMachines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is tol provide a new and improved washing-machine which is simple in construction and effective in use.

rlhe invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and nally be pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a vertical longitudinalsectional view of my improved washingmachine, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line as, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line y y, Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the machine, parts being broken out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The tub A has a series of parallel ribs B 011 the upper surface of its bottom and a series of upwardly-projecting ribs C on the inner surface of its side walls. The cover D is provided with a hinged part E, and in the same a shaft F is mounted to rotate and projects from the upper and lower surfaces of the hinged section, said shaft F being on the central line of the tub. On that end of the shaft projecting from the top of the cover a cogwheel Gis rigidly mounted, which engages a larger cog-wheel H, mounted on a pin H on a plate J on the upper surface of the hinged section, through an aperture in which plate .T the shaft F passes. The cog-wheel H engages the cogged segment or semicircle K, mounted to rock on a pivot K of the plate J, a handle or hand-rest L being formed on the upper end of said pivot K. The cogged segment or semicircle J is provided with a socket M for receiving one end of the handlebar N. A cog-wheel O is fixed on the under side of the hinged part E of the cover, and through the center of said cog-wheel the shaft F passes loosely. On that end of the shaft F below the hinged section of the cover a horizontal frame or plate P is secured, in each end of which a iiuted rubbing-roller Q is mounted to rotate, said rollers Q projecting downward from the under side of the frame P, their lower ends being a short distance from the bottom of the tub. The pivots of the rollers Q project above the frame P, and their upper ends carry pinions R, engaged at diametrical opposite points with the fixed cogwheel O. When the hinged part f the cover is swung up, the fluted rollers Q are removed with the same from the tub. As the .cogn wheels on the upper surface of the hinged cover-section are supported by the plate J and as the fluted rollers are supported by the plied to or detached from the tub.

The clothes are placed into the tub with the necessary quantity of soap and water, the cover is swung down and fastened, the left hand of the operator is placed on the is placed in the socket M, and said handle lever rocked to and fro, whereby the shaft F is rotated alternately in opposite directions at great speed, and the frame P, which is connected with the shaft F, is likewise rotated in opposite direction alternately. The rollers Q are rotated alternately in opposite directions around the vertical central line of the tub, and at the same time are rotated also in opposite directions on their own axes. They agitate the water very thoroughly, causing the same to carry the clothes around alternately in opposite directions, the clothes being thoroughly rubbed by the fluted rollers and the ribs on the inner surface of the tub.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a washing-machine, the combination, with a tub having ribs on its sides and bottom, of a cover, a cog-wheel secured on the under side of said cover, a shaft mounted to rotate in said cover and passed loosely through said cog-wheel on the under side of the cover, a cross-piece secured on the lower end of said shaft, downwardly-projecting iuted rollers mounted at their upper ends only to turn in said cross-piece and having the lower ends of said rollers and engaging the fixed cogwheel on the under side of the cover, a cog wheel on the upper end of the shaft in said ,frame P, the entire device can readily be ap? handle-bar L, the end of the handle-lever 'N IOO free, cog-wheels on the upper ends of the shaft cover, a rocking handle-lever on the cover, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as gearing for transmitting motion from said my invention I have signed my name in presroekng handle-lever to the oog-Wheel on the ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

upper end of the shaft in the cover, and a JULIUS PERSANOVSKY.' 5 fixed handle proj eating upward from the pivot Vtnesses:

of the rocking handle, substantially as set OSCAR F. GUNZ,

forth. JOHN A. STRALEY. 

